Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This weekend I picked up The Copenhagen Affair  by Amulya Malladi* even though I didn't really care for the other book I read by the same author - Serving Crazy with Curry * . I must have been feeling nostalgic for our friends in Denmark as well as missing the adventure of actually traveling. I still can't  believe that we've been on shelter-in-place order for a year. Though those restrictions are slowly lifting as more and more people are able to be vaccinated. On the Page Malladi describes this book as her love letter to Copenhagen, her favorite city in the world and one in which she lived for over a decade. You can tell. And I think that was a huge part of the appeal in reading this book for me. But let me back up.  Sanya and Harry are Californians who are transplanted to Copenhagen after Sanya has a nervous breakdown and Harry needs to finish a business acquisition in Denmark. We get a lot of flashbacks or reveals about Old Sanya - the good wife and perfect mother ...

It's time for Fish Friday Foodies' April 2020  event. W e are a group of seafood-loving bloggers, rallied by Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm , to   share fish and seafood recipes on the third Friday of the month.  And this month, I am hosting. I asked the bloggers to share recipes that were inspired by their travels. I wrote : " Pick a seafood recipe that you ate while away from home that you were inspired to re-create when you got home! Ceviche in a Latin American country? Paella in Spain? Bring it all!"  When I selected this topic earlier in the year, I had no idea that most of us would be sheltered-in-place for nearly a month by posting date as we all attempted to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic. So, traveling virtually, by tabletop, is even more important; at least it gives me a glimpse of trips I want to take. Here's the line-up from the #FishFridayFoodies... Recipes Inspired by Travels Baked Salmon and Veggie Parcel...

This month, Sue of  Palatable Pastime  told the Baking Bloggers that for January: "Let's start the year off with some sweet rolls. Things like cinnamon, sticky rolls and other flavors are all popular. You may also  choose an unfilled sweet roll such as Hawaiian  rolls, etc. Just needs to use some sort of sweet dough---and be baked. Does not have to contain yeast." Here's the #BakingBloggers virtual sweet roll shop... Apple Bread Rolls from Sneha's Recipes Cherry Sweet Rolls from Palatable Pastime Cottage Country Style Chelsea Buns from Making Miracles Fastelavnsboller + Some Danish Culinary History from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Hawaiian Sweet Rolls from A Day in the Life on the Farm Orange Sweet Rolls from Cookaholic Wife Overnight Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Rolls from Cook with Renu Pan de Mallorca from Caroline's Cooking Portuguese-Style Sweet Potato Rolls from Karen's Kitchen Stories Sticky Buns from Sid's Sea Palm Cook...

This is an iced Christmas cookie that I made because D is a little nisser -obsessed. If you aren't sure what the heck a nisse is, read this post:  Glædelig Jul, Nisser, and Mormor Agnes’ Æbleskiver . In any case we have nisser galore around the house and I thought it would be a fun cookie to make. I started with a Santa cookie cutter and trimmed down the pom-pom at the top of the hat because everyone's a critic. "That doesn't look like the profile of a nisse !" Oye. Because of the nisser 's Danish roots, I made a lemon-cardamom spiced sugar cookie as the base along with a lemon icing. The nose is a chocolate-covered salted caramel ball. Ingredients Lemon Cardamom Sugar Cookies 2-3/4 C flour 1 t baking powder 1 t salt 3/4 C butter, softened 1 C organic granulated sugar 2 eggs zest from 1 organic lemon (I used a Meyer lemon), approximately 2 t 1 t ground cardamom Royal Icing 3 egg whites, or more to thin icing 6 C org...

Welcome to our final 2019 post for our Eat the World project, being spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz . Here's  her challenge . This is definitely one of my favorite monthly projects. And so far this year, we've traveled by tabletop to Ethiopia , England , Georgia , Cambodia , Israel , Finland , Puerto Rico , Egypt , Ukraine , and Portugal . But, for the final installment, Evelyne just wrote: "This month we are doing a Christmas/holiday dish or sweet from around the world. Pick your own country, maybe from your ancestors or one you do not know what they serve during the holidays. Join us on December 10th, 2019 10 am with a holiday recipe." The Other #EattheWorld Offerings A Day in the Life on the Farm: Bohemian Potato Salad (Bramborový Salát) Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Glædelig Jul, Nisser, and Mormor Agnes’ Æbleskiver  Literature and Limes: Makowiec   Palatable Pastime: Danish Asier Pickles   Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Lebkuc...